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[edit] Basic advice

• Avoid cliches, stock characters, stereotypes, and predictable story elements.
• Develop suspense early on and keep it going.
• Describe the story, provide imagery, use proper diction, and personify characters.
• Make characters active; don't have them merely respond to the environment.
• Have each chapter lead to the next in such a way that makes the chapter important.
• Check your spelling and grammar, preferably with a beta, or else with a spellchecker.

[edit] See also

• Fiction[1]
• Escapist Fiction[2]
• Writing Fiction[3]
• Show Don't Tell[4]
• Character[5]
• Archetype[6]
• Stock Character[7]
• Scene[8]
• Plot Immunity[9]
• The Quest[10]
• Heroic Journey[11]